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The U.S. subject said connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) it has begun strikes against Iran pursuing the clang of a U.S. Army Apache chopper disconnected the seashore of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed connected the Islamic Republic.
In a connection posted to societal media, U.S. Central Command said the strikes would beryllium "a proportional effect to unjustified Iranian aggression". It comes aft Mr. Trump blamed Iran for downing the chopper and vowed that the U.S. would respond.
Iranian authorities media reported that explosions were heard connected an Iranian land successful the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Trump had blamed Iran for shooting down a chopper adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz and said the United States indispensable respond. Iran's apical diplomat said overseas subject forces adjacent the country's territory "are astatine changeless risk".
Araghchi’s informing to Trump’s accusation
The U.S. Army Apache chopper that crashed disconnected the seashore of Oman went down aft colliding with an Iranian drone, according a U.S. official, who spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon an ongoing investigation.
It is not wide whether the collision was intentional, and authoritative statements lone said the clang is nether investigation. CNN, CBS News and different outlets earlier reported the Iranian drone collision.
President Donald Trump said Iran changeable down the craft portion it was connected patrol implicit the Strait of Hormuz and declared that the U.S. "must, of necessity, respond to this attack", successful a station to societal media.
The U.S. subject aboriginal announced that it had begun strikes against Iran. Iranian authorities media is reporting that explosions person been heard connected Qeshm Island successful the Strait of Hormuz.
In the archetypal known cognition of its benignant by the American military, a drone vessel rescued the 2 aviators who were aboard the Apache onslaught chopper erstwhile it went down adjacent the captious shipping lane that Iran has efficaciously closed during its warfare with the U.S. and Israel.
Soon aft Mr. Trump made his accusation, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said successful a societal media station that the strait is "thousands of miles distant from U.S. shores".
"Foreign forces successful proximity to our territory are astatine changeless hazard connected relationship of their ain quality errors, plain accidents, oregon perchance being caught successful crossfire," Mr. Araghchi wrote. "To trim risk, champion solution is for them to leave."
